Marstein Lighthouse
Marstein Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in the municipality of Austevoll, in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Store Marstein just west of the island of Stora Kalsøy on the south side of the entrance to the Korsfjorden and therefore assists ships going to both the city of Bergen and to the Hardangerfjorden.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bergenvest, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Norway
- Also known as: “Marstein fyr” and “Marstein fyrstasjon”
- Historically known as: “Marstenen Light”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tekslo.
Tekslo
Island
Photo: Vasmar1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tekslo is an island, which is situated 3 km north of Marstein Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bakkasund.
Bakkasund
Hamlet
Photo: Vasmar1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bakkasund is a village in Austevoll municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southeastern side of the island of Stora Kalsøy. Bakkasund is situated 4½ km east of Marstein Lighthouse.
Marstein Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Austevoll, Hordaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.13066° or 60° 7′ 50″ northLongitude
5.00917° or 5° 0′ 33″ eastOpen location code
9FG742J5+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1115685408OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
12088807Wikidata ID
Q4587704
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Marstein Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Marstein fyr”
- Finnish: “Marsteinin majakka”
- French: “phare de Marstein”
- French: “Phare de Marstein”
- German: “Marstein fyr”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Marstein fyr”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Marstein fyrstasjon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Marstein fyr”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Marstein fyrstasjon”
- Norwegian: “Marstein fyr”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska Marstein”
- Romanian: “Farul Marstein”
- Swedish: “Marsteins fyr”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Marstein Lighthouse”. Photo: Bergenvest, CC BY-SA 3.0.